questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to (a) increase pay and (b) improve conditions for social care workers; and if he will increase pay for social care workers in line with NHS staff.
answerText: The Department has no current plans to set specific pay levels and conditions in the adult social care sector.Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central government. Local a...
heading: Care Workers: Conditions of Employment and Pay